JAAP ORA ⟩ In Iran, an opportunity for change has opened up – what scenarios are possible?

2026-03-02 - 09:36

In recent years, Iran has been a country with a large, but predominantly negative, influence in the Middle East. Now an opportunity for change has opened up, but several obstacles must be overcome for this to happen, writes Jaap Ora, who served as Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain from 2020 to 2024.